Teachers given fluffy handcuffs. Wolf-whistling and orgasm noises on playground duty. An attempted blackmail for nudes. Being told you can expect to be sexually harassed because you’re good-looking. Victimisation, a toxic culture, a boys’ club.
These allegations by former female teachers and staff at Sydney’s elite Cranbrook School for boys paint a devastating picture of their workplace.
Cranbrook is nestled among Sydney’s most expensive real estate. It’s the alma mater of captains of industry and billionaires. Its headmaster has been found to be the second-most generously remunerated principal in the nation.
As Cranbrook prepares to enrol girls from 2026, multiple female former staff warn this 105-year-old institution has a women problem.
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